ICC fines Ashwin for flaunting four logos

Indian off-spinner R Ashwin was fined 10 per cent of his match fee after being found in violation of Article 2.1.1 of the ICC's Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel.

The said clause referred to "breach of the ICC's Clothing and Equipment Regulations during an International Match".

"The player exceeded the permitted number of manufacturers' logos when he walked onto the field with four logos on the straps of his batting pads," said an International Cricket Council (ICC) statement Sunday.

The Chennai spinner accepted the Level 1 charge and the sanction Chris Broad of the Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees proposed.

The charge against Ashwin was brought by on-field umpires Marais Erasmus and Kumar Dharmasena and third umpire Vineet Kulkarni.

India paceman Ishant Sharma was fined 15 per cent of his match fee for gesturing towards the pavilion after dismissing Australian batsman James Pattinson during the third day's play in the fourth Test in New Delhi.

The demoralising whitewash at the hands of India seems to have shaken the Australian team to the core as stand-in captain Shane Watson said it will be a big challenge for them to recover from the reversal.